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Exchange-traded funds in bullish and bearish markets

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  • Karen Wong
  • Wai Cheong Shum

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An Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) aims to track the performance of market indices. This article examines the performances of 15 worldwide ETFs across bearish and bullish markets over the period 1999 to 2007. The results indicate that ETFs always provide higher returns in a bullish market than in a bearish market by the Sharpe ratio test that shows that ETF returns are not positive, proportional to the market volatility. Additionally, ETFs with the same underlying index do not perform exactly the same. It is believed that active portfolio management plays an important role in ETFs.

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  • Karen Wong & Wai Cheong Shum, 2010. "Exchange-traded funds in bullish and bearish markets," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(16), pages 1615-1624.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:17:y:2010:i:16:p:1615-1624
    DOI: 10.1080/13504850903085035
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    1. Farouk, Faizal & Masih, Mansur, 2016. "Are there profit (returns) in Shariah-compliant exchange traded funds? The multiscale propensity," Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 38(C), pages 360-375.
    2. Priya Malhotra & Pankaj Sinha, 2023. "Exchange-traded Funds in India Amid COVID-19 Crisis: An Empirical Analysis of the Performance," Metamorphosis: A Journal of Management Research, , vol. 22(1), pages 38-54, June.
    3. Perera, Devmali & Białkowski, Jędrzej & Bohl, Martin T., 2022. "Is the tracking error time-varying? Evidence from agricultural ETCs," Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 63(C).
    4. Mathew Mallika & M. M. Sulphey, 2018. "Gold Exchange Traded Fund - Price Discovery and Performance Analysis," Scientific Annals of Economics and Business (continues Analele Stiintifice), Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, vol. 65(4), pages 477-495, December.
    5. António Afonso & Pedro Cardoso, 2017. "Exchange-traded Funds as an Alternative Investment Option: a Case Study," Working Papers REM 2017/22, ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, REM, Universidade de Lisboa.
    6. Damien Kunjal & Faeezah Peerbhai & Paul-Francois Muzindutsi, 2021. "The performance of South African exchange traded funds under changing market conditions," Journal of Asset Management, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 22(5), pages 350-359, September.
    7. Xu, Liao & Yin, Xiangkang & Zhao, Jing, 2019. "The sidedness and informativeness of ETF trading and the market efficiency of their underlying indexes," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 58(C).
    8. Jaspal Singh & Prabhdeep Kaur, 2016. "Tracking Efficiency of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)," Paradigm, , vol. 20(2), pages 176-190, December.
    9. Prabhdeep Kaur & Jaspal Singh & Sidharath Seth, 2021. "Investigating the Dynamics of Exchange Traded Funds Across the Bear and Bull Markets: Evidence from Indian Equity ETFs," Vision, , vol. 25(3), pages 350-360, September.

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